Garment or dress pattern



sept. 20, 1927.` G M LAUB 1,642,682

GARMENT OR DRESS PATTERN Filed D60. 22. 1925 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 20, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.v

OF YORK,l N. Y.

GARMENT on DRESS PATTERN.

Application filed December 22, 1925. Serial No. 76,946.k

This invention relates to garment or dress patterns such as are usually made of tissue paper and also to the method by which such patterns may be produced.

It is particularly'well adapted for use in connection with the production of patterns of which large quantities are to be made, and which are printed on large sheets with symbols to indicate the cutting, notching and perforating operations to be performed, together with clear instructionsto be followed by the purchaser of the pattern when it is put intoactual use.

These pattern sheets may be printed in the usual manner from curved plates on presses constructed for the purpose, a master pattern having been first prepared with a due regard for economy in arranging the various sections on the sheet and a proper consideration for the selection and placing of indicating sym bols and instructions to insure correct performance of all the operations to follow.

I am familiar with what has been put on the market in this art, and am aware 4of the previous patents which have issued upon patterns of this general type, but all of these previous devices have certain objections which I have endeavored to overcome.

In connection with tissue paper patterns there has always been difficulty in stacking large quantities of the printed blanket sheets so that all the printed lines in the stack would be in accurate register. Where the printed lines have indicated the outlines upon which the garment sections are finally to be cut by the user of the pattern and a margin outside of the said printed lines has been allowed to remain on the printed sheets until removed by the user, cutting the material and the paper pattern simultaneously along the said printed lines, the material beneath the paper pattern is not visible and absolute accuracy is impossible because ofl the tendency of the material to creep and shift. With my pattern the material is always visible on the cutting line. Furthermore, after my blanket sheets have been cut into sections there are no printed outlines visible, the edges of the sections indicating the cutting lines. If a pattern section shows a printed cutting line with a margin ofA paper outside which is only cut away by the user of the pattern, it is apt to confuse such user as to which is the true Yline on which the material isr to be cut.

p GEORGE M. LAUB, OF NEWTl YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR '10 EXCELLA. PATTERN COMPANY, Y

In another type, only the perforation and notch indicators with the general kin.

structions for the user are printed on the blanket sheets which makes it necessary to.

formr the stacks for cutting, positionthe master pattern on the top sheet ofthe stack and then mark on the latter the outlines` o the sections, and the symbols for the notches and perforationsv for the guidance of the cutter. j p

The blanket sheets for the pattern disclosed in this application are ready for the cutting operation when they arer stacked after printing, and when cut, no printed section outlines appear, as the margin allowed between the cutting guide and the cutting knife is ample to compensate for any slight deviations in the stacking.

Other advantages and details appear in thev following specifications, and are shown in the drawings, in whichz Fig. l is a fragmentary view of-a pattern sheet.

Fig. 2 is a View of one of the pattern sections.

Fig. 3 shows a stack of pattern sheets on a band saw table.

In printing the pattern sheet 5, as shown in Fig. l, the outline 6 is printed about onehalf inch outside of the real pattern outline l0, upon which the garment is to be cut. Simultaneously with the printing of the said outline 6, notch marks 7 perforation indicators 8, and instructions for use 9, are printed on the sheet 5.

The said notch marks 7 may consist of a small indicator forthe guidance of the operator and for the perforation indicators 8 a small letter S signifies a small perforation, the letter M indicates a medium sized perforation, and the letter L indicates a large perforation.

In Fig. 2 the completed cut out pattern section 1l is shown with the cut notches 12 and the perforations 13.

After the patterns are printed in full size, as indicated in Fig. l, they are stacked the said cutting edge with the printed line 6 running' directly under the outside guide, Which Will canse the knife to cut'the sa-id sheets along the line l0 one half inch inside the line 6. x I

It has been found that the use of a station-y ary guide produces the best results as conipared With the use of a movable cutter as a guide. p

In the use of this method a plate for every size of each pattern Will be required7 but the expense involved thereby is slight as conipared With the economy resulting from the fact that the pattern sheets are ready for thecutter as they leave the press and no indicating of the cutting lines, notch and perforation indicators is required.

As is obvious, these pattern sheets may be cut by handwhen desired, as Well as with a povver band saw, it being necessary merely for the cutter to cut alone` a line one halfV inch inside the printed' lin-e36.

I do not desire to limit myself strictly to the preferred form of pattern shown here-.

with, as there are various modifications thereon Which embody the invention Without departing from the scope thereof.

pattern sheet is to be divided; and subsequent-ly dividing the said pattern sheets into sections by passing them into relation With a guide and a cutter, the said guide traveling along the said lines printed on* the pattern sheet vand the said cutter -diy'fidingthe pat- Y tern sheet intersections, the outlines of which are cut inside of and parallel to the said printed lines on the pattern sheet.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto-affixed my signature. c

GEORGE MQLAUB. 

